The complete mitochondrial genome of yellowfin seabream, Acanthopagrus latus (Percoiformes, Sparidae) from Beibu Bay

Chuanyan Pan; Chongmin Gao; Tao Chen; Xiuli Chen; Chunling Yang; Digang Zeng; Pengfei Feng; Weiming Jiang; Min Peng

doi:10.1080/23802359.2021.1907804

The complete mitochondrial genome of yellowfin seabream, Acanthopagrus latus (Percoiformes, Sparidae) from Beibu Bay

Mitochondrial DNA B Resour. 2021 Mar 31;6(4):1313-1314. doi: 10.1080/23802359.2021.1907804.

Authors

Chuanyan Pan¹, Chongmin Gao², Tao Chen², Xiuli Chen¹, Chunling Yang¹, Digang Zeng¹, Pengfei Feng¹, Weiming Jiang¹, Min Peng¹

Affiliations

¹ Guangxi Key Laboratory of Aquatic Genetic Breeding and Healthy Aquaculture, Guangxi Academy of Fishery Sciences, Nanning, China.
² Guangxi Agricultural Vocational College, Nanning, China.

Abstract

The yellowfin seabream, Acanthopagrus latus Houttuyn 1782, is a commercially and ecologically important species and a good model for studies of sexual differentiation. In this study, the complete mitochondrial genome of A. latus has been determined, which is 16,635 base pairs (54.3% A + T content) in length and consists of 13 protein-coding genes, 22 transfer RNAs, two ribosomal RNAs, and a 948 bp D-loop region. The phylogenetic analyses showed that A. latus has a close relationship with Acanthopagrus schlegelii Bleeker 1854.

Keywords: Acanthopagrus latus; Sparidae; Yellowfin seabream; mitochondrial genome.

Grants and funding

This work was financially supported by Science and Technology Major Project of Guangxi [Grant No. AA17204088] and the China Agriculture Research System [Grant No. CARS-47-z17].